The next Xbox could play every Xbox game ever made
Microsoft's upcoming 'Project Helix' console aims to support games from five generations of Xbox history. The initiative relies on convincing game publishers to allow their older titles to be digitized and played on new hardware.
Why it matters
This represents a significant shift in gaming preservation and digital distribution, potentially creating the largest library in console history.
The next Xbox, Project Helix, could theoretically have the largest library of any home console. Not only will it play PC games, we now know, courtesy of a leaked memo obtained by The Verge’s Tom Warren, that it will run games from every generation of Xbox: the original 2001 Xbox, the 2005 Xbox 360, the 2013 Xbox One, and the 2020 Xbox Series, as well as any new Helix titles.
We already knew that Microsoft was bringing a limited sample of original Xbox games to PC, and we already knew it was prepping a way to digitize your Xbox One and Xbox Series discs. The leak fills in the missing puzzle pieces.
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